I formed the El Cat Investigation Team in Pirates.

Although Zou's position was constantly changing, the elephant's movement speed was not very fast, and because it often changed directions, its overall "forward" speed was slowed down.

So, a few days after Xie Wen told the cats the story of "Sail Cat" and "Batian Dog" last time, they saw the figure of the Elephant Lord in a thick fog.

"This size... is too exaggerated, meow!"

(=⊙Д⊙=)

Grayhara Meow stared at the slowly moving elephant master in amazement and was so frightened that he almost fell off Xie Wen's shoulder.

Although the thick fog surrounding the elephant made it difficult for everyone to see its entire appearance, its huge and unreasonable size was enough to shock people (cats) even if only part of it was seen.

Even the giant rock dragon Laverenti, officially the largest in Monster Hunter, is no different from a loach in front of it.

"With such an exaggerated body size, how can it stand and move? Even if it has enough body density to support such a huge body, it will sink to the bottom of the sea due to its weight! And with such a huge body constantly moving in the sea, won't it cause disasters like tsunamis?! I can't even feel that the waves now are much different from before!"

After a brief moment of surprise, the scientific side's Huiyuan Cat began to hold his head and fell into cognitive impairment.

The other science cat, Meowerya, was not much better. His cute big eyes had long lost focus, his whiskers were trembling, and no one knew what he was mumbling.

"Alright, alright. There are so many strange things in this world. Don't think too much. As for tsunamis and the like... does the Grand Line need that?"

Xie Wen held Huihara Meow and Meow Erya in his arms, and with his comfort and the full service of Kato Cat Hand, the two scientific research cats who had begun to doubt their cat lives finally recovered.

"Xie Wen, hurry up and speed up the Dudu! I can't wait to study that elephant, meow!"

(=w=)

After recovering their spirits, Haibara Meowth and Meowerya immediately fell into a state of research frenzy again.

"I know, I know..." Xie Wen pinched her cheek lovingly, then shook his head gently, "Duduhao, it's up to you."

[Sailboat Cat! Transformation Meow!]

(=＞＜=)

Duduhao, who had heard the modified version of "Transformers", stood up excitedly, then jumped and jumped down from over Xie Wen's head.

When she landed on the deck, she did not stand on it as usual, but "drilled" into her own body as if jumping into the water.

Immediately afterwards, the Dudu Qianjin under Xie Wen and the others' feet began to transform on its own and soon switched to the form of a floating dragon.

[Sailboat Cat! Transform and set off, meow!]

As the huge white balloon rose, the hull of the Dudu gradually left the sea and slowly rose into the air.

"Oh! Let's go see the giant elephants and other furry beastmen, meow!"

(=`=)

"Meowhahaha! I wonder if the fur tribe of Zou can drink as well as the ones of Totland, meow~hiccup!"

(●￣w￣●)

“Ahh! Big cat sisters of the fur tribe, your guardian knight Sanji is here, meow!”

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Well, whether it's Klee and Huamei who like adventure, or Huiyuan and Meower who want to do research, or Suika who wants to have a drinking contest with someone...

None of them are as anticipated and excited as Sanji, the little yellow cat.

"Sanji! What do I usually teach you, meow?!"

"S-Sorry! Sister Huamei! I know I was wrong, meow!"

The little yellow cat, who was dancing around, stood up straight in an instant and admitted his mistake loudly.

Fortunately, there is the presence of the "Discipline Committee Member" Lord Shohitora on the ship, otherwise when they arrive at Zou, Sanji-nyanoy will definitely embarrass the investigation team (cat).

Amid the cats' shouts and cries, the Dudu floating dragon quickly caught up with the moving elephant master.

However, the Dudu did not land immediately. In order to allow Huiyuan Miao and Miaoerya to observe more clearly, Xie Wen deliberately let the Dudu fly around the elephant master's body from bottom to top for a few more circles.

The elephant owner didn't seem to care about the "little bug" No. 56 that kept circling around him. He still maintained a steady pace and continued walking aimlessly on the sea.

"How is it, can you communicate with the elephant master?"

Of course, Xie Wen did not forget Bai Xing.

"Sorry, Boss Xie Wen, I don't think I can talk to the elephant master..."

Shirahoshi twisted her fingers guiltily and was about to cry.

"Alright, alright, if I can't get in touch with you, then I can't get in touch with you. I don't blame you."

Xie Wen gently patted Bai Xing's fish tail and comforted her repeatedly.

Although she has changed a lot under the influence of herself and the cats, her crying habit is still deeply rooted. She can cry until she almost suffocates when listening to "Pillar Slayer".

Xie Wen had actually anticipated that Bai Xing would not be able to successfully communicate with the Elephant Lord. After all, Bai Xing was having difficulty communicating with sea kings, so it was normal that he could not contact the Elephant Lord...

So how could Kozuki Momonosuke talk to the elephant? Was it the bloodline of the Kozuki family? Then why didn't Hiyori react at all? Even if she had never been to Zou, didn't the elephant come to Wano later? Momonosuke could talk to it from a distance.

Does this mean that if you want to talk to the elephant owner, you have to join its "chat group" first?

"But, but, I also want to help Boss Xie Wen..."

Just as Xie Wen was complaining about the original setting, Bai Xing muttered a little unwillingly: "How about I try the instrument made by Xiao Ai and Purya?"

In addition to the "Sea King Translator", the two research cats also made a "White Star Special Brain Wave Amplifier". After using this thing, the signal between her and the Sea King can be strengthened a little bit...

That is, the interruption rate was increased from two to three seconds to three to five seconds, which was quite effective in reducing Shirahoshi's burden, and the maximum communication time was extended a lot.

"There's no rush. Maybe it's because we're still too far away. Let's try it slowly after we get up there."

While calming down the restless Huibara Meow and Meowerya, Xie Wen took out the hunter's manual.

Compared to those, whether or not one can obtain the fragments is the most important thing of this trip.

I opened the manual, but the familiar white light did not appear...

But a new rainbow of light appeared!

After the light faded, a small piece of paper familiar to Xie Wen appeared between the pages of the book...

No! Not quite the same!

Xie Wen picked up the piece of paper and found that the fragments this time were different from the previous ones.

First, the new piece of paper was square, without the jagged edges of ordinary fragments. Second, there was nothing on the piece of paper except a black cat's paw print.

"Is this... a universal fragment?"

After touching the piece of paper, the information related to it quickly appeared in Xie Wen's mind.

Just as the name suggests, this piece of paper can replace any fragment at any position in any card pool.

From this point of view, the elephant lord is definitely not included in the "Large Monster Encyclopedia", right?

Xie Wen turned the manual to the page that recorded Shirahoshi and Shirley.

Sure enough, there was an illustration of the elephant master on it—

[Overlord Natamiai Nolida Elephant (Elephant Lord)]

A special individual among the Natamiai Nolida elephants, a super giant elephant that has lived for over a thousand years.

……

No! Dude?! There are more than one of these incredible creatures. Are they from the same species?!

Xie Wen was shocked. He had always thought that the Elephant Lord was probably a product of ancient technology, or a devil fruit or something...

After all, there is the exception of Kaido, and the Lord of the Elephants is so huge that the fruit ability user will not have much reaction if he just soaks his feet in sea water.

But he soon calmed down again.

In this world, even humans have different body sizes, so a super-giant mutant appeared among the Natamiai Nolida elephants in an unknown place...

That’s normal?